Buy Eco-Friendly and Green Keetsa Mattresses

Water, food and sleep is all we really need to live, clothes would be nice too but when it comes to shove, it’s at the bottom of this short list. If you are committed to getting a good nights sleep on an eco friendly mattress as well as saving as much money as possible, the line of environmentally friendly beds from Keetsa is well worth learning more about.

This green company is offering not only high quality bedding, but it’s selling their bed products at affordable prices. I don’t know when you went shopping for a new bed recently, but the prices are out of this world. I have seen some that cost as much as small cars! Seriously, it’s nuts!

Keetsa is constantly reevaluating what they do to find more and more earth friendly products, and new ways to bring us their comfortable, quality products with the least possible impact on our eco systems. They are one of the few companies that are deadly serious about cutting their (and by association ours) carbon footprint.

The very vast majority of their bedding products are made of recycled materials, if it can be recycled they use it. They have pillows too among other top selling luxury items.

My favorite thing about their mattresses? They are made so durable that they arepurchased in a box, a surprisingly small box. These beds roll up and when you get it home you just free it from the box, let it sit for a couple of hours to fully puff up and you’re ready for bed.

This save you money and the planet at the same time. You don’t have to get it shipping to you from a warehouse saving a ton of cash you would have had to shell out for the old fashioned way, and it means less traveling on behalf of your purchase too. Of course that is great for the environment, the more we can keep vehicles off the roads the better.

The packaging that Keetsa mattresses come in and are small and made of eco friendly materials too. I think the box even has wheels so it’s easier to get to the car etc. There is literally no reason to buy any other bed an the market, this is tops.It’s nice to see a company so dedicated to doing their part to help the environment.

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Contrary to popular belief, us consumers have a lot to say in terms of what companies manufacture and don’t manufacture. If we all stopped buying the poisonous cleaners that are churned out year after year, and start buying more earth friendly cleaners and products, those guys in their fancy chairs and lofty offices are going to have no choice but to get with the program.

Obviously there are some things we need that are not the most eco-friendly, but more and more green options are available and it’s our job to snap them up to send a message to the money grubbers that we care about the world and we want it to live and continue to support life a little longer.

But how can we tell which “green” products aren’t toxic to the planet?

If you live in Canada I wrote a similar piece about their Environmental Choice Eco-Logo and how that makes healthy household cleaners, detergents and the like. The list below takes things one step further.

It’s going to help you make the purchases that are better for the environment. Any product that has 2 or less checks on the list are a good choice, those that have more checks, not so much:

ONE- Is the item made using recycled materials?

TWO- Does it have recyclable packaging or is it made from it?

THREE- Is it made within 150 kilometres of where you live?

FOUR- On the packaging or bottle do you see a logo from a major environmental program, such as the Environmental Choice or Energy Star logo, or that of the Forest Stewardship Council or the Marine Stewardship Council?

FIVE- Is the product durable and able to be reused?

SIX- If there is anything left after use is it compostable or recyclable?

SEVEN- Does it do the work of several products? (eg. all purpose cleaners cuts the need to have so many bottles of cleaners around the house. Less use less waste)

EIGHT- Are replacement parts available so you can maintain the product without having to buy a new one?

NINE- Was the product manufactured using a renewable energy source? (eg. solar, wind or sustainable hydro)

TEN- Are the materials those that can be sustainably grown and harvested? (eg. bamboo is better than wood)

ELEVEN- Is the product free of toxic and/or harmful materials? (eg. volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde, heavy metals, antibacterial chemicals or phosphates –lots of soap has phosphates)

Print out this handy check list and keep it in your purse or wallet and use it the next time you go shopping. It’s a fast and easy way for you to determine with household (and beyond) products are eco-friendly and actually not harmful to the planet.

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There are many reasons to get the Kill A Watt to help you save energy at home, most importantly it will show you exactly how much energy you have been wasting day to day.

Here are just a few things this energy meter will tell you:

1. Tell you the Voltage of your wires
2. The Current you’re drawing
3. The Wattage Power
4. How much money you are wasting

You can read the power in both Watts or Volt-Amps. The reason this is so important is very complicated and I wish I could explain it, but frankly it’s a little over my head and I don’t want to get it wrong. To learn more you can click on the Kill-a-Watt link here.

The Power Factor shows how out of skew the timing of your electrons are from where they should be. You have probably seen dozens of as seen on TV products claiming they can keep you from losing Reactive Power but those other ones don’t work nearly as well as this does.

For me, the selling point of the KAW is that you can simply plug in your TV or any other electrical appliance, turn it off and then click the little pink button. Now come back in an hour or two and you will be shocked at the readout you get. If nothing else does, this will get you thinking about how to save electricity in your home.

The Kill A Watt will show you exactly how much money, in dollars, you would have saved if you had unplugged your TV instead of just turning it off. For so long we have been hearing about how much energy is wasted from keeping appliances still plugged in even if turned off, but for the first time you are going to really see the dollars and cents and how quick they add up.

I heard someone use the analogy that it’s like a weight scale, it won’t lose the weight for you but it will show you where you are at so you can then take it from there. It’s basically simply a great way to start saving energy at home.

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If you want to buy beautiful things for your home and your life and you want to give back to the world at the same time, then you want to shop for Au Lac Designs.

They are a fair trade organization that works out of Vietnam to help Vietnamese craftsmen bring their small businesses to life. This helps to create sustainable development for the rural poor of that country.

Don’t underestimate the good you can do with one simple purchase, you have the power to change people’s lives! It’s a powerful thing and when you think about it, everyone wins, you get great handbags and home decor and they get to improve their country and take care of their families. I love it!

If you would like to shop for Au Lac Designs you can visit Gaiam, and while you’re there check out their other fair trade products too. Each and every item gives back and gives you one more thing to smile about. Get out there and change lives today!

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Save 10% off $75, 15% off $100 and 20% off $125 on any of Gaiam’s Eco Friendly, Sustainable Living products

I literally stumbled onto a couple of amazing finds online–the Exclusively Green Market and Gaiam– some time ago and since I’m going to be featuring so many of their products over the coming months I figured I might as well as introduce you to these environmentally conscious sites to you now.

What I love about the Gaiam is that all of their offerings are helpful and practical while remaining safe for the environment. They make you feel good while inspiring a piece of nature in your everyday life. And the designs are all so original and fabulous you’re going to be like me and want to own them all. They’ve even managed to bring items like exercise machines to you without damaging the earth. Pretty great right?

Get your Earth Friendly Clothes and Accessories at www.ExclusivelyGeenMarket.com

The Exclusively Green Market sells it all too, minus the jewelry you can get at Gaiam. You have eco friendly gifts environmentally conscious apparel as well as eye opening books and DVDs. But I have to say that some of my all time favorite pieces are their distinctive fair trade home decor items and their all natural personal care products.

To put it simply both of these earth friendly sites are all about making you feel good on both the spiritual and and physical levels. You can literally bring nature right into your home when you shop for eco concious products at this fabulously decadent store.

I invite you to take a good look at the lovely nature inspired and environmentally friendly products on these websites, Gaiam especially is a gorgeous shop that you are going to want to spend hours online in their shop, that I can guarantee.

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You can get some amazing graduate gifts and plenty of items for dad at Gaiam. Here are sales you can take advantage of while showing others how great eco friendly living can be:

Shop Gaiam’s Father’s Day gift guide. Receive Free Shipping on any order over $49. Use code AFDAD. Expires 6.21.09.

Celebrate Graduation with Gaiam’s sustainable living, organic apparel and fitness gift ideas! Receive Free Shipping on any order over $49. Use code AFGRAD. Expires 6.15.09.

Check out the summer savings on Gaiam.com with Free Shipping on any order over $49. Use code AFSUMMER. Expires 6.15.09.

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Downloading music from fye.com or eMusic could not be easier. These are the fastest, simplest ways to download the music you love to your computer and mp3 player.

In seconds flat you can download music, literally all your favorite songs and artists and take them with you wherever you go. I use eMusic literally every single day. I save kept unbelievable amounts of plastic out of the landfills because of my choice to use their download service for my music.

Do you realize how much is wasted with each CD and CD case that is printed and manufactured? There are tons and tons of paper wasted for each run of CDs and the amount of plastic needed to make not just the CDs but the cases they come in is sickening.

And why? We all just download music to the computer anyways these days, so I see no reason why buying the hard copy of any album isn’t a step we can just skip.

By choosing eco friendly options like FYE and eMusic we can save the environment, from the trees cut down for the paper to the chemicals spewed out into the air from the plastic factories and the dyes that poison the water and the earth, we can eliminate a massive source of earth’s pollution problems.

You can even get previously owned CDs from FYE, this is so much better for the environment than buying new ones. It’s basically a form of recycling. You can even get vinyl records there. THey have like 1500 or something, crazy! OMG, there is nothing like vinyl. Loves it!

That’s why I always recommend people check out fye.com and eMusic, for the environment and for their own convenience when downloading music. It’s a win win situation!

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Free Shipping on Any Order Over $49. Use Code AFSHP4. Expires 4.30.09.

Organic cotton towels are on sale at Gaiam and they are super soft and absorbent. I hate towels that don’t soak up water when you get out of the shower, you know ones that seem to have some kind of weird coating? Well, these don’t have that, they are all natural and positively glorious. You just can’t beat good cotton towels.

Save up to 70% at Gaiam’s outlet sale!

If you need new towels are just want to switch to organic cotton towels then now is the time to get them, they sell out quickly, that’s how popular they are. Once you try them you will never go back. Oh and as an added bonus for choosing these organic cotton towels over the chemically treated ones at other stores, you will save a bundle. Gaiam is always having fantastic sales, all year round.

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It’s nice to know that we can keep our biodegradable food scraps for the composter without ruining the look — and smell — of our kitchens. These cute ceramic crocks are just the right size kitchen compost container for any counter and their sleek look will fit in to almost any decor.

These kitchen compost containers are glazed both inside and out, and won’t ever stain or absorb food odors. These little honeys have activated-carbon filter to trap odors.

Here are the facts of the Kitchen Compost Crock:

# Choose from Brilliant White, Cobalt Blue or Red
# Can be used with 100% biodegradable Biobag Liners
# Dishwasher-safe
# Smooth sides won’t trap waste
# Includes two carbon filters that last up to two months each
# Replacement Filters are also available

As you can see the Kitchen Compost Crock comes in three different colors, blue, red and white. How patriotic!

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Composting Made Easy With Biobag Compost Liners

Composting is so very, very important but I have to admit it used to really gross me out. Cleaning out the kitchen compost bin was enough to make be barf every time, there was slimy-ness and smelli-ness, I used to dread it. These Biobag liners make everything clean and easy. No more blowing chunks!

I love that I don’t even need to carry the pail out to the composter to scrape it out. These Biobag compost liners come right out like a plastic bag would but these aren’t bad for the environment.

Every Biobag is 100% biodegradable, they are made of cornstarch, so you can toss the whole thing into your compost bin without a care in the world.

What you get:

Roll of 100 Biobags

Shown with our Kitchen Compost Crock, Cobalt Blue (sold separately)

Choosing Biobag as a kitchen solution will cut out a lot mess, smell and save you an enormous amount of time each week. These make composting easier for everyone and that’s why I love talking about them.

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